After a journey into hell, Ensler’s still here
Good times and bum times, I’ve seen ’em all And, my dear, I’m still here Plush velvet sometimes Sometimes just pretzels and beer, but I’m here – “I’m Still Here,” by Stephen… Continue reading
Category Archive: Reviews
Young talent shines in Speakeasy’s ‘Dogfight’
BOSTON – This reviewer has always had a soft spot for smaller, intimate musicals, the kind of musical storytelling where’s it’s not the spectacle but the story that matters. The Speakeasy Stage Company… Continue reading
‘Oklahoma!’ is a bright, bold re-telling of classic
PROVIDENCE – There’s a bright golden haze on the meadow, and it’s Richard and Sharon Jenkins’ bold new production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!” at the Trinity Repertory Company. The exclamation point really… Continue reading
‘Laura’ is a skilled take on a vanishing genre
STONEHAM – In most cases, the classic film noir of the 1930s and 1940s has made a seamless transition from film to the stage. Adaptations of “Dial M For Murder,” “Strangers on… Continue reading
‘Freud’s Last Session’ both engages and entertains
WATERTOWN — Playwrights have often found fertile ground in suggesting meetings between icons that never actually happened. There was the successful pairing of Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso in Steve Martin’s “Picasso at… Continue reading
Passion, pride bring revolution in Cuba to life
BOSTON – The distance between Cuba and the United States is about 90 miles, but when you are a refugee adrift in the treacherous ocean waters between the two countries, it might as… Continue reading
MRT’s ‘Home of the Brave’ veers off the rails
LOWELL – Sean Daniels, the first-year artistic director of the Merrimack Repertory Theatre, has made premiering new works a raison d’etre for the theater. But new works are like Forrest Gump’s box of… Continue reading
‘Historia de Amor’ is both beautiful and ugly
BOSTON – How can something be both simultaneously beautiful and ugly? It’s when the beauty of a new theatrical technique that seamlessly combines film and animation with live acting is contrasted against the… Continue reading
Lyric’s ‘Mr. Burns’: Discomfort without the payoff
BOSTON – Just for the record, I’m a huge fan of “The Simpsons.” The animated comedy has skillfully skewered virtually every aspect of American culture for more than a quarter-century and earned an… Continue reading
ASP cast delivers a delicious ‘School for Scandal’
CAMBRIDGE – The Actors Shakespeare Project has had a strong record when it chooses to detour from The Bard’s canon, with critically-acclaimed productions such as Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard” in 2014, the award-winning… Continue reading